Power Your Presentation Graphics

October 24, 2008 · Comments

I love this deck from Chris Wilson at Hester design:

Rapid Change in Design: The Changing Landscape & New Rules for Design Project
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: media social)

What I love the most is that the presentation is simple enough for you to pick up the style stuff, but exemplary of how to deliver impactful information.

I’ve been noodling with how I deliver graphics. This started because Guy Kawasaki shared a makeover experience with Nancy Duarte. I change up my stuff all the time, so getting examples from various places is always useful.

Besides Garr (with love and respect), who else is really powering up their presentations lately? What’s really shaken your socks? What are your new power moves?

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  • This was great, thank you!
  • Get rid of words, amp up your images, absolutely. I recently switched to slides containing only images with max. 3 key words or 1 phrase, and slideshows ordered in a question-answer format. Still getting a hang of it, but I feel liberated from the yoke of PowerPoint. Words bore. Images communicate. Audiences now pay more (and better) attention, and discussions are more lively. It's all about the experience.

    For lots of good tips on giving effective presentations and powering up your slideshows, check out http://www.agoodmanonline.com/publications/how_... (free download, registration required).

    By the way, the audiences-GPS-monkey mantra is also very effective. Thanks, Chris.
  • Wow, that's a really good presentation. Lots of energy and emotion.

    Most decks that are light on text and posted online lose the impact of the live presentation and don't provide enough context or content to express the core messaging, but this one communicates everything clearly and quickly.

    Thanks for sharing!
  • Now this is an impactful presentation that actually teaches! There's a lot to learn here about design and execution, well demonstrated. Along with what others have said, I appreciate the way you've given attribution to the photo sources - nicely done.

    I'm learning more with every side deck I develop and you have inspired me further. Clear, clean engaging. Thank you.
  • Thanks for the props and linkage Chris! If you need any feedback or help with your slides I'd be glad to help.

    One of the things we are trying to do with this project is create a space for collaboration to grow together. If we get enough participation we might even release Part 2. How cool would it be to have the next deck created by the crowds?
  • Great presentation; this is yet another example of the new and better way of presenting using PowerPoint.

    Some other sources for inspiration are:

    - http://www.slideshare.com (look at some presentations that are 'most favorited'

    - The famous book by Garr: 'PresentationZen'

    - The famous book by Nancy Duarte: 'slide:ology'. I have recently read this book; it contains some amazing presentations. Her ideas on how to use colors, spacing, and suggesting movement are brilliant!
  • Authors and speakers David Weinberger (http://www.hyperorg.com) and Matt Mason (http://thepiratesdilemma.com/) are terrific examples of presentations done right. Unfortunately, their presentations are not posted on their sites, but this is not a criticism -- the presentations would not speak for themselves, they both utilize a minimalist, "show don't tell" philosophy. If you have the chance to hear either of them speak -- be there!
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